The Atomists: Leucippus and Democritus. Fragments (Phoenix Presocractic Series, Band 36) / A text and translation with a commentary by C. C. W. Taylor.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - PREFACE -- The aim of this work is to present the ancient evidence, both direct and indirect, for the thought of Leucippus and Democritus, and to assist the critical evaluation of the thought of those philosophers by the provision of a commentary on the evidence. In accordance with the format of the series to which it belongs, a Greek text of the fragments is provided, accompanied by facing translation, whereas the testimonia are given in translation only. The policy which has determined the selection of fragments is explained in the commentary at the beginning of the section on Ethics and Politics (pp. 222-7). -- As explained in the commentary, the evidence for the atomists presents the peculiar feature that, while the number of purported fragments is large, very few fragments deal with the atomists' central doctrines, for which we are almost wholly reliant on doxographical evidence. Consequently the commentary, with the exception of the section on Ethics and Politics, is almost exclusively confined to the testimonia. The following points about the presentation of the latter in this volume should particularly be noted. -- 1. Though I have presented the biographical evidence, such as it is, for Leucippus separately from that for Democritus, I do not make any distinction between the two in respect of doctrines. That policy seems to me to be sanctioned by the doxographical tradition (see commentary, 'Life and Works,' pp. 157-8). -- 2. While the biographical section of the testimonia closely follows the order of DK, the various sections on the doctrines of the atomists are not based on any selection previously published. ISBN 9780802043900